How To Stop Presidential Abuse Of Power

Añadido: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]And in that case, that would have been a very different scenario if he was for example convicted prior to running again for president. You could also take a look at existing laws and amend them or add something different. For example, you could legislate that any sitting president cannot sue the government while they're president.

[00:00:19]Just like normally they won't have to respond to a civil lawsuit against them while they're president, they also can't sue because obviously they would be directing the federal government to settle the case or to completely cave and let him win. It makes no sense at all, right? So that would be a very easy, well, maybe not easy to pass, but it's a legislative fix for that. Then at the very least you would have a situation where there's a clear violation if the rogue president wanted to continue to do that anyway despite that law being on the books. And that would give a basis for the political remedy of impeachment. Of course, that remedy requires Congress and most importantly the Senate to be willing to act, to vote for a verdict that's called for by the evidence instead of being just cowed by politics. But it's more than just politics.